STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

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	May 21st, 1980
	Irvin Kershner
	George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan
	Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse
	20th Century Fox
	Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
	starwars.com
	PG for sci-fi action violence
	$290,272,000 (US total)

After receiving a vision from Obi-Wan Kenobi and fleeing the ice world of Hoth with his friends after an Imperial attack, Luke Skywalker travels to the marsh planet of Dagobah, where he is instructed in the ways of the Force by the legendary Jedi master Yoda. Meanwhile, Han Solo and Princess Leia make their way to planet Bespin, where they are greeted by Han's old friend, a shifty gambler named Lando Calrissian. Ambushed by the Empire shortly after their arrival, Han and his friends are imprisoned by Darth Vader. Luke leaves Dagobah to rescue his friends, and is met by Vader and a startling revelation.

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